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“A Vessel Larger Than Reality to Hold”: Water Crisis and Indian Speculative Climate Fiction

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 129 - 145
Published on: Dec 23, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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